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Makoshika State Park Management Plan FINAL Makoshika State Park Management Plan FINAL October 2005 Developed by the Makoshika Advisory Committee and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Rifle Range EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Makoshika State Park is the largest park in the Montana State Parks System, covering over 11,500 acres of badlands in eastern Montana. The park, near Glendive, Montana, was added to the Montana State Parks system in 1953. To the Lakota-Sioux Indians, Ma-ko-shi-ka meant bad earth or bad land. Today, the park’s pine and juniper studded badland formations house the fossil remains of Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops. The park offers diverse amenities for visitors, including roads and hiking trails for park exploration, scenic vistas, campgrounds, a folf course, an amphitheater, a rifle range, and an archery range. A visitor center at the park entrance exhibits the site’s geologic, fossil, and prehistoric stories. The last plan written for Makoshika State Park was completed in 1984. The 2005 Makoshika State Park Management Plan updates previous planning efforts to reflect current issues and opportunities at the park. The plan offers a comprehensive vision and action plan for the park for the next 10 years by identifying issues important to the success of the park and providing actions for addressing them. These actions are scheduled to be implemented during the life of this plan, but may be subject to further research, impacts assessment, costs, available funding, personnel availability, and additional public comment. The proposed implementation timeline is included at the end of this document. In January 2004, a citizen advisory group was formed to analyze issues and develop management recommendations for the park. This work included public participation through a 2003 summer visitor survey at the park, monthly advisory group sessions from January to May 2004, and another in May 2005 to review the draft. A 30-day public comment period and open house will be held at the park to discuss the plan and hear comments. The final plan, with revisions based on public comment, will be submitted to the FWP Region 7 Supervisor, Parks Division Administrator, and then to the FWP Director for approval. Regional park staff and the advisory committee will review the management plan in 2010 to gauge implementation progress and make necessary revisions. Plan Summary The advisory committee formulated the following issues and objectives. Goals and recommended actions to achieve the objectives are detailed in this plan, along with a schedule for completion of each action and further discussion. ii Community Relations Makoshika State Park is a valuable asset to the Glendive community. Partnerships with surrounding organizations and governments can stimulate local use. These partnerships include physical connections between the city and park for educational and recreational opportunities. The park will work with neighbors to address visitor and livestock trespass issues. Management Objectives: ▫ Coordinate with the City of Glendive, Chamber of Commerce, Dawson Community College (DCC), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF), other private businesses, and the public to establish non-motorized trails connecting the park, the river, and the city. The trails will extend to major attractions in the park. ▫ Collaborate with schools for greater educational opportunities at the park. ▫ Work with organizations to complete park projects and increase the number of events at the park. ▫ Encourage use of park facilities by outside organizations. ▫ Document and address neighbor concerns and comments. ▫ Establish boundary markings around the park property to avoid visitor trespassing onto private property and vice-versa. ▫ Manage livestock. ▫ Periodically implement special weapons restricted hunts coordinated with the regional wildlife biologist and local warden to reduce urban deer conflicts. Visitor Services Strategic promotion efforts to increase visitation should strike a balance between visitor experience and resource preservation. Park facilities are generally adequate, but some improvements are needed to provide amenities necessary for visitor comfort and to increase the length of time visitors will stay at the park. Management Objectives: ▫ Provide clear travel directions to the park from all feeder routes. ▫ Develop a marketing plan for the park. ▫ Provide more non-motorized trails. ▫ Continue educating visitors about legal off highway vehicle (OHV) and snowmobile use in the park. ▫ Maintain existing rifle range to provide safe user facilities. ▫ Relocate rifle range outside the park. ▫ Continue leasing archery range to local club for management. ▫ Improve facilities in the lower campground. ▫ Provide water in the park interior. ▫ Install new latrines. iii Infrastructure Road maintenance is a continuing issue in the park given the unique geology of the area. Maintenance needs to address weather, travel, and visitor safety. There is an opportunity to develop more scenic overlooks and pullouts. Existing park facilities and equipment need consistent maintenance to increase longevity and safety. Communication tower leases in the park need active managing. Lease agreements need updating consistent with park and agency goals. Towers impact the view shed, but are critical to public safety. Management Objectives: ▫ Educate visitors on park road conditions. ▫ Provide ongoing road maintenance and surface improvements. ▫ Where feasible, provide scenic overlooks with interpretive panels. ▫ Communicate with radio tower owners to more effectively manage tower leases and reduce view shed impacts ▫ Assess lease agreements and update rates to meet Fair Market Value. Accurately and efficiently track revised lease agreements. ▫ Research park road designations and restrictions attached to private communication tower inholdings. ▫ Bury electric lines in park. ▫ Devise protocols for regular park maintenance and safety. ▫ Consistently implement park management practices to maintain staff and visitor safety, and reduce liability. Interpretation and Education Park information needs updating and more readily available to visitors. Park brochures and trail guides should be updated to include new park features and information. Interpretive displays are stale and need to be upgraded and diversified to keep visitors coming back. This will include more complete use of the visitor center building. Also, artifacts need adequate security. Educational opportunities for schools, organizations, and individual visitors need to be expanded. The park needs adequate staff and resources for interpretation. A comprehensive interpretive plan for the visitor center would be completed in the next two years, which would consider the goals and objectives listed below. The goals listed here represent specific ideas for potential interpretive and educational program expansion as expressed by the advisory committee and parks staff. iv Management Objectives: ▫ Improve displays and display areas to engage all the senses, and better communicate Makoshika’s educational and interpretive messages. ▫ Provide more guidance and improve flow through the visitor center. ▫ Provide a means for visitors to take interpretive messages home. ▫ Institute hands-on interpretation programs year round. ▫ Further develop existing interpretive trails. ▫ Develop additional interpretive sites and trails. ▫ Protect, record, and interpret archeological and paleontological resources. ▫ Provide visitors and staff with accurate, comprehensive information on park wildlife and plant life. Financial and Human Resources Additional personnel and financial resources may be needed to increase services as outlined in this management plan, including guided tours, educational programming, and enforcement. Resources are also needed to provide security in the park, especially in the visitor center, and to maintain existing facilities. Park rules need to be more effectively implemented through education and increased staff presence in the park. Management Objectives: ▫ Provide tour guide services outside of visitor center, including guided hikes. ▫ Extend daily visitor center hours during the peak use season, Memorial Day through Labor Day. ▫ Determine and locate personnel needed to conduct programs as outlined and resources to support them. ▫ Institute hands-on interpretive programs year round. ▫ Determine and locate personnel needed to conduct programs as outlined and resources to support them. ▫ Increase security at the visitor center. ▫ Balance education about park rules with enforcement. ▫ Communicate the importance of continuing to support the new fee system. ▫ Analyze and respond to changes in park visitation that result from the fee structure change. v Natural and Cultural Resource Management Implementing this plan will protect the park’s natural and cultural resources and ensure they are managed for the benefit of park visitors, neighbors, and other stakeholders. Park management fosters stewardship of the land, including but not limited to acquiring inholdings, developing appropriate visitor facilities throughout the park (and on Recreation and Public Purposes Act parcels acquired from the Bureau of Land Management), and reducing wildfire risks to park resources and neighbors. Recreational activities that affect park resources, such as fossil and artifact hunting, need to be addressed. Historical, botanical, paleontological, and geological studies should be pursued to increase knowledge about park resources and identify potential management considerations. The public
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